diff --git a/mopidy/backends/__init__.py b/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
index f39e7264..0c3af5e1 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
@@ -253,3 +253,6 @@ class BasePlaybackController(object):
 
     def play(self, id=None, position=None):
         raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def next(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError